Cold As Stone by Lisa Hughey

Author:Lisa Hughey [Hughey, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996435222
Publisher: Lisa Hughey

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Rissa hustled into the room she shared with Maria. She closed the interconnecting door gently, then leaned back against the hard surface and willed her thundering heartbeat to slow. Holy Mother of God. When all that hard male flesh had been inches away, she’d had to physically stop herself from leaning into him and licking his damp skin.

He was perfection. Michelangelo would have begged to sculpt him, Michael Stokes would beg to photograph him. Her hands trembled as she swept her hair into a ponytail, holding the thick fall off her neck to cool down.

“Everything okay?”

Rissa yelped.

“I didn’t mean to scare you,” Maria said gently.

“No. Not you, me.” Rissa refused to let Maria take the fall for her wandering thoughts. “I was just….” She blushed. She. Blushed.

When was the last time she’d gotten that flustered by a guy?

Maria blinked. The skin around her dark eyes crinkled in amusement as she glanced at the door behind Rissa’s back. “Ay-yi-yi, as my mama used to say.”

“Excuse me?”

“John without his shirt on.” Maria waved her hand in front of her face, fanning herself, and her amused gaze shifted to the door again. “He’s hot.”

“I assure you Maria, there is nothing untoward going on,” Rissa said stiffly. Could the stick get further up her ass?

Maria flicked her hand. “I don’t care if you two hook up.”

Rissa started to protest that they weren’t hooking up but that wasn’t actually true. They’d been…involved last night, that was for sure. So she kept silent. “I won’t let anything affect your safety,” she finally ground out.

Rissa wasn’t even sure what last night was all about. Relieving tension, sure. But in the protective darkness their passion had felt like something more. Like they’d connected on a level she’d never felt before.

Which was bullshit.

That must be some weird hormone endorphin buzz from the magnificent orgasm he’d bestowed upon her.

Maria just smirked.

Rissa blew out a breath. “You want to go to the gun range?” She posed it as a question, hoping, praying that Maria would deny it and give Rissa an out.

Yeah, that made her a coward but she wasn’t ready. Her heart was pounding and her head was light. And it wasn’t from anything so exciting as sex. It was straight-up fear.

But the Universe didn’t hear her plea, because Maria nodded. “Yes. I want to learn how to shoot a gun.”

And there went her excuse. Rissa would never inhibit Maria. She’d been a hostage to too many other people in her life, however Rissa wanted to make sure that Maria had a handle on her reasons.

“Learning to shoot won’t necessarily make you safer,” Rissa cautioned. “It’s a good skill to have in your toolbox but you still have to stay vigilant.”

“I know.” She had the impression that Maria was mentally rolling her eyes at her.

“Okay, good. John will be ready soon.”

Thud, thud, thud. The door trembled behind her back. “I guess he’s ready now.”

Maria smiled, her entire face lit up with an ethereal glow. For a moment Rissa

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